Neighbourhood ALDERSHOT Issue 03 2020

ISSUE 03 • 2020

Food for Life’s ‘All Around the Table’ Dinner Celebration

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Chilly Half Marathon

BY LESLIE STYLES

ON FEBRUARY 29TH, over 4,000 runners participated in the city’s largest race, the New Balance Chilly Half Marathon.

The distinct aroma of chilly was evident to spectators in certain areas along Brant Street, as they cheered the runners on. The Marathon, in its 24th year, includes some of Canada’s best runners including past champions, Olympians and Elites. This year, Krista DuChene came in first in the ladies category while Reid Coolsaet finished first in the men’s category, setting a new Canadian Masters Half Marathon record!

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THE AROMA OF freshly baked pie filled the kitchen at Ireland Museum’s Heritage Pie workshop on February 23rd. Guests attending the hands-on workshop chatted as they prepared a variety of pies; traditional apple, caramel peach crumble and a savoury beef and mushroom pie.

While Marian baked the pastries in the open hearth, the guests learned about the Ireland family by touring the house at Oakridge Farm.

Finally, the pies were baked and ready as all the guests met at the large kitchen table to devour the results of their effort.

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Food.

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Congratulations to Food for Life on their 25th Anniversary and a successful first of four ‘All Around the Table’ dinner celebrations!

BY LESLIE STYLES

IT WAS A FULL HOUSE at RBG’s Rock Garden as Food for Life kicked off their 25th Anniversary Year with a celebration dinner which included guests and a number of very distinguished volunteer servers for a scrumptious dinner, friendship and fundraising. The Honourable Karina Gould, Mayor Marianne Meed Ward, councillors Kelvin Galbraith, Paul Sharman and Chamber of Commerce President Carla Nell were among the VIP volunteers plating the feast for guests. Providing music throughout dinner were local artists, The Poachers Ukulele Band with Diana and Martin Zimber, plus other talented ukulele-strumming singers.

Food for Life Canada are true food heroes, having rescued and distributed over 4 million pounds of food in 2019, all donated by many generous suppliers. This quality fresh food, which has a retail value of over $10 million, would have otherwise gone to landfill.

“That’s what we do six days a week,” explained Executive Director Graham Hill. “And sometimes we rest on the seventh.”

Their Halton clients are often not able to afford fresh food and having access to this nutrition is essential.

For more information regarding upcoming ‘All Around the Table’ dinners in Oakville, Milton and Georgetown, go to foodforlife.ca to learn how you can help and be a #FoodHero.

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ZO N TA CE L E BR AT E S

International Women’s Day

BY SUSAN GIBBINS

The Zonta Club of Oakville partnered with the Oakville Hospital Foundation for ZONTA CELEBRATES International Women’s Day on Tuesday, March 3rd at the Burlington Convention Centre.

This was a world-class event with over 650 attendees including senior executives, young professionals, politicians and community leaders. The event included networking, dinner, silent and live auctions and keynote speaker Amber Mac: technological entrepreneur, best-selling author and TV/radio host.

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Flour Child Bakery GRAND OPENING THE OFFICIAL GRAND OPENING of Flour Child Bakery at 355 Plains Road East took place on March 10th amid much fanfare and ribbon-cutting. Councillor Kelvin Galbraith, along with Judy, Andrea and Sonia from the BIA, and Maude and Lindsay from the Chamber of Commerce, all attended to officially say welcome.

“Everything from scratch, every day,” claims Maria Thornton, proprietor of Aldershot’s newest bakery. Customers come from as far away as Port Colborne to buy Maria’s addictive European baking.

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BY LESLIE STYLES

that are extremely popular, as well as breads, croissants, danish, cookies and so much more. “The sunflower flaxseed bread is great for grilled cheese and it doesn’t matter what cheese you use,” explains Maria. “The bread makes it a gourmet style sandwich.”

As a way of giving back to the community, all leftovers that contain no meat or cheese are donated to the food bank at the end of each day. So don’t forget to drop into the Flour Child Bakery when you’re in the area (and check out the pretzel cookies!).

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WE ONLY USE FRESH INGREDIENTS We never use frozen or prepared ingredients. We crack every egg, we always use real butter in our croissants, and we are happy to tell our customers the ingredients of all our products, because we can.

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